Cheap lunches

Ok...so a few months ago, I started trying to eat lunches on the cheap. I mean real cheap, like bean soup cheap. 4 lunches for $2.00 cheap.
Want to try branching out.
What are some other really cheap lunches that are pretty tasty and how much does it cost (estimate).

What's wrong with a peanut butter & Jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread and some carrots or an apple. That has got to be under 50 cents per meal. Splurge and use nutella instead of jelly (or in addition to raspberry jam).

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divide it up, you've got lunch for a week.. salad with cucumber, hard-boiled eggs, yogurt, some fruit, and a granola bar. Probably a little spendy compared to your usual budget, but ends up being around $2/day.

+1 on rice & beans, though. below is a great, super-healty recipe, it makes A lot. About 5 meals for me. Thow out the chicken and substitute a side of beans for cheap-ness.

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MV, whats the deal with cheap lunch, anyway? Is it a contest to see how cheap you can eat? Are you spending all your spare change on bicycles and llamas?

Eating too cheap is scary to me. I ate cheap in college = I ate like crap.

just trying to be frugal. We'll call it practice. I'm hoping to go back to school and pursue an entirely different career in a year or two, and if I do that, I'm gonna be living cheap as hell for a few years.

chili with pasta (elbows or shapes you can scoop or stab w/ a fork work best). Make it with one pound of ground beef, one pound of pasta, a couple cans of stewed tomatos and a couple cans of dark red kidney beans. some would say it actually tastes better after its been put in the fridge for a day or two and then reheated. might be a good idea to cut the recipe in half, but i can handle eating it for lunch/dinner for a few days. add cheese (shredded or parmesan/romano)

just trying to be frugal. We'll call it practice. I'm hoping to go back to school and pursue an entirely different career in a year or two, and if I do that, I'm gonna be living cheap as hell for a few years.

thats fair. yeah, a lot of people warned me if i didn't go to grad school right after undergrad, I'd probably enjoy not being poor too much, and it would be hard to go back.

..they are right.

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